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Former Assisted Living Concepts Inc. CEO Laurie Bebo so far has failed in her efforts to shift a federal securities case against her from an administrative law judge to the U.S. District Court, but she hasn’t given up.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he doesn’t anticipate Wisconsin adopting a law like Indiana’s controversial new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, but in the meantime he anticipates Wisconsin Badgers fans will nevertheless flock to the team’s NCAA Final Four game in Indianapolis Saturday.

Harley-Davidson Inc. has ended a multiyear run as a sponsor at Miller Park, but Milwaukee Brewers top business executive Rick Schlesinger vows to win back the iconic Milwaukee-based motorcycle brand to the team’s sponsorship lineup.

Froedtert Health president and CEO Cathy Jacobson has taken to Milwaukee’s radio airwaves in commercials touting her organization’s status as an academic medical center with the capability of delivering high-quality care that can lead to cost savings for patients.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday morning he is working on a new plan for possible public funds toward a new arena in downtown Milwaukee and said an announcement may be made “in the next few days.”

Wisconsin Energy Corp. chairman and CEO Gale Klappa’s spot on southeast Wisconsin’s highest-paid executives list is assured with total compensation of $12.5 million in 2014, but the vast majority of his increase results from a spike in the projected future value of his pension benefits.

Milwaukee Fox network affiliate WITI-TV (Channel 6) has enjoyed an increase in its local news viewership the past two audience ratings-sweeps periods as it battles with close competitor ABC affiliate WISN-TV (Channel 12).

Building an arena in downtown Milwaukee would prove a catalyst to revive a sleepy section west of the Milwaukee River and finally bring development to the long-vacant Park East corridor, a panel of commercial real estate professionals agreed.